Saturday, February 20, 2010

Ballard Design does it again...

Did you see these beauties in the Ballard catalog? I am ALL about phrases randomly placed around my house, so I loved them as soon as I saw them. But $49 per letter?!?!?!?! At that price I could barely afford an exclamation point! So, I set out to copy them.

It started at the Dollar Tree, where I found these foam wreath things. Then, while at Michael's, I found these foam letters for...you guessed it $1.

Again, black spray paint, I LOOOOOooooooOOOOOVvvveeeeeee my spray paint. After I painted them up I took some white muslin and cut out circles. After that, it was a simple matter of hot glue. They turned out great, and for under $10, I got a $200 word! I will say you can see a bit of the foam texture, but I'm not afraid of a little texture, so it doesn't bother me any :)

As for why I picked that word...I'm currently in the midst of fertility treatments, and Hopeful is how I'm trying to remain... :)

OMG, Nikki, you are truly talented at the crafts. I cannot believe the number of hits you're getting. You should definitely put more ads up. Seriously.I had no idea you were undergoing fertility treatments. I'll definitely keep you in my prayers.BTW, I pulled Evan from preschool this week and Alex from first grade, so I'll be seeing you at all the homeschool events, lol.

Best wishes with your treatment...eat well and relax (I got lots of massage and did yoga during my shot cycles). I used Gonal F shots with my now 3 year old daughter and am headed back in just a couple of months to try again. Love the letters...I am probably going to copy this and do "Write" for my high school classroom!

Absolutely LOVE this even attempted my own version http://warriorprincesses.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/1-project-down/ - still new to the whole world of blogging so hope i linked it all the right way!! Keep the amazing ideas coming!